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On encountering a nest of fraudulent geology papers

Mark Wilson November 15, 2021 12:46 pm

This is a different kind of post! This semester I stumbled into an enormous collection of phony research papers published in the Arabian Journal of Geosciences. I became fascinated with the brazen nature of this fraud, and its large scale. … Continue reading →

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New paper: Introducing the taphonomic process of ooimmuration

Mark Wilson November 1, 2021 12:10 am

I’m pleased to announce the publication of an article describing how fossils can be preserved within carbonate ooids, and what the implications are for this new aspect of taphonomy (the study of fossil preservation) we call ooimmuration. The team of … Continue reading →

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Cambrian bryozoans? Not yet! [Update in October 2021: Now there ARE Cambrian bryozoans!]

Mark Wilson October 27, 2021 7:35 pm

Editor’s Note: The post below was written in December 2012 about a purported bryozoan found in Cambrian rocks. This would have been a major find because bryozoans, a major fossilized phylum, were notably missing from the Cambrian record, despite molecular … Continue reading →

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Two Wooster Geologists Honored Today

Mark Wilson October 7, 2021 8:44 pm

It is inspiring to see two Wooster Geologists in the news today for national honors! Professor Shelley Judge has been named as this year’s NCAA Div. III Faculty Athletics Representative of the Year by the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association. Read … Continue reading →

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Remote Summer Sampling in Southeast Alaska

gwiles August 20, 2021 7:08 pm

  We had the good fortune to work (remotely) with four TRAYLS groups in Alaska. The TRAYLS (Training Rural Alaskan Youth Leaders & Students) Groups from Southeast Alaska teamed up with Earth Scientist students  Ricky Papay (’22), Wenshuo Zhao (‘23) and Lucie Fiala (‘23) … Continue reading →

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Wolf Lake and the Surrounding Landscape, Glacier Bay, Alaska

gwiles August 12, 2021 10:34 am

Members of the Wooster Tree Ring Lab had a great opportunity to travel to a seldom-visited part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve – a transect from Wolf Lake to Burroughs Glacier. We were there because there is 2500 … Continue reading →

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Apple Creek & Trout Unlimited

gwiles June 25, 2021 8:19 am

Guest bloggers: Chamari Abercrombie and Ellen Yoon. Good evening Wooster community, today the AMRE Water Team visited Apple Creek with Trout Unlimited to analyze the water quality of Apple Creek. To do so, we looked at macroinvertebrates and collected data … Continue reading →

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Wooster fieldwork resumes at Brown’s Lake Bog on a gorgeous day

Mark Wilson June 17, 2021 2:38 pm

Wayne County, Ohio — It was a perfect day for Wooster Geologists to do some aquatic fieldwork. It was my first day of fieldwork since March 2020 in Utah. This time I wasn’t doing much actual work, though — I … Continue reading →

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Laboratory microphotography in the Department of Earth Sciences at The College of Wooster (Part 2)

Mark Wilson June 7, 2021 9:25 am

This is the third in a series on laboratory photography in the Department of Earth Sciences at Wooster. In a comment on a Fossil of the Week post last month, Wooster Geologist Alumnus Dr. Bill Reinthal asked if I could … Continue reading →

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Laboratory microphotography in the Department of Earth Sciences at The College of Wooster (Part 1)

Mark Wilson June 6, 2021 12:02 am

In a comment on a Fossil of the Week post last month, Wooster Geologist Alumnus Dr. Bill Reinthal asked if I could describe how we do our lab photography in the Earth Sciences department. I started what will be a … Continue reading →

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